Life Drawing Boston presents KILL THE COLONIZER IN YOU THAT YOU MISTAKE FOR A SOUL, a queer-centered ritual/drawing session in two parts created by anti-disciplinary artist Dorian Wood. Through ancestral vocalizations and body movement, Wood invites spectators to render what they witness, or to engage by simply being present. Says Wood: "I am interested in infecting the space with my fatness, with my brownness, with my overall individuality, as a way of connecting with others to collaboratively explore ways in which we dismantle systems that contribute to the marginalization of people."

Los Angeles Times says Dorian Wood "delivers vocals that offer sublime beauty and pain." Born and raised in L.A. to Costa Rican-Nicaraguan parents, and now a resident of Watertown, Wood's work has been presented in concert halls and cultural institutions around the world. She is a recipient of several awards including a Creative Capital Award, a MacDowell Fellowship, an FCA Grant for Artists Award and a NALAC Fund for the Arts Award. In 2023, Wood premiered Canto de Todes, a touring 12-hour chamber music composition and installation that emphasizes the urgency of folk music as a conduit for social change. In 2024, Wood toured her piano-and-voice interpretation of Sinéad O'Connor's album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, honoring the late artist on the anniversary of her passing. Wood has released over a dozen recordings, most recently the albums You are clearly in perversion (2023, Astral Editions), in collaboration with Thor Harris; and Excesiva (Dragon's Eye Recordings, 2023).